Legal Opinion
Ottis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 2, 1998No. S97A2005PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
Fifteen-year-old Bridgett Lee and her seven-year-old sister Britney Ikharia were found brutally murdered in the apartment they shared with their mother, Barbara Jenkins. A jury found Inez Ann Ottis guilty of the malice murders of the children. For the reasons which follow, we affirm Ottis’ murder convictions.
The evidence at trial, construed in favor of the verdicts, established the following. On January 5, 1993, Inez Ottis asked Antonio Lowery, the man she was dating, to be involved with her in a drug deal. Inez wanted Lowery to obtain a vehicle, stolen or otherwise, to be used…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Waldrip v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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3Cited by24 opinions
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